Dynamics of understorey herbaceous plant diversity following shrub clearing of cork oak forests: A five-year study

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3242-3253

  Perez Ramos I M ^a   Zavala, M A ^b   Maranon T ^a   Diaz Villa M D ^a   Valladares, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forest; Quercus suber; Silvicultural practices; Species richness; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS; QUERCUS SUBER; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 43049090041     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.069     Document Type: Article

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